Chicago Sun-Times (STRAWBERRY: S/T)
"This odd, ever-shifting ensemble has built a cult following for its absurdly ambitious mix of synth-pop, art-rock, and over-the-top theatricality."

Blastitude (STRAWBERRY: concert review)
"Chicago's Strawberry is one of the best live bands in rock today. I've been complaining a lot about how expensive your basic indie/underground shows are in Chicago...$6 shows are $8, and $8 shows are $10 or even $12...but Strawberry is a band that actually puts on a $15 show... I have it on good authority that the singer spent six hours the day of the show getting his hair done... That alone made the show totally worthwhile, not to mention his ability to pirouette with a guitar synthesizer... In fact, when you're talking about the whole "this-is-not-a-fucking-joke" school... these guys are right up there with Andrew W.K."

Keyboard (STRAWBERRY: S/T)
"If the tour buses of Missing Persons abd Mötley Crüe crashed into each other at that tree on Dagobah where Yoda made Luke confront the Dark Side, the result might sound like Strawberry... Retro sci-fi noises, fat leads, ehtereal textures, vocoderizing, and searing riffs help Strawberry walk the appealing middle ground between self-serious art-rock and bubblegum pop with aplomb."

Mammal Warzone (STRAWBERRY: concert review)
"Synthy rock Cosmopolitan."

Chicago Reader (Critic's Choice) (STRAWBERRY: concert preview)
"...thank God for bands like Strawberry, a local act that prides itself on authentic fakery. Scott Gibbons and Jonathan Joe... formed the band more than a decade ago as college students, and it's gone through countless lineup changes, at one point mutating into the sadly overlooked glam-punk quartet Vanilla. When they revived the band in 1999, they also decided to meticulously prerecord their sets and mime their (extremely rare) live performances, the better to focus on their rock 'n' roll circus... They've gradually been bringing live instruments back into their stage show... creating a stereo image that should prove once and for all that art and artifice are one and the same."

Keith Cleversley (Producer - the Flaming Lips, Hum, etc) (STRAWBERRY: S/T)
"I discovered a little pop gem!"

Time Out New York (STRAWBERRY: S/T)
"Strawberry encapsulates society's euphoric state of denial with bitter lyrics masked by catchy tunes. These natural-born thrillers combine a hero's valor with a crook's fastidious intent, adopting a sort of yin-yang approach to their music. Inside the most pure design there's a speck of bullshit, and even the most corrupt idea contains a dollop of honesty. Strawberry's not saying which side of the coin they're on, but who really cares? Just set your mind on cruise control and enjoy."

Terminal City (STRAWBERRY: S/T)
"Wow! what an album! ...a liquid plastic robot bubble gum universe."

Seth Sanders (Scene Report) (STRAWBERRY: concert review)
"Strawberry's three synth players, skintight matching uniforms, and smirking, overwrought soulfulness was so far beyond either a revival or a critique of the 80's that I have trouble expressing what it was like...maybe some kind of sick Platonic Form of platform-heel Space Fag God Rock... The show was so good I actually blacked out for a while... No I don't know what it was all about, only that I was privileged to be there."

NightHeat (STRAWBERRY: S/T)
"You are the rock band of the future."

Dr. Royce Lee (University of Chicago) (STRAWBERRY: S/T)
"It's so twisted the mainstream might sweep it up for awhile, not knowing it's picked up a time bomb."

Dr. Woodrow Hood (University of Texas - PanAmerican) (STRAWBERRY: concert review)
"(Strawberry) are walking along some very fine lines. I love it. The theatricality, the coded references, the deliberate confusion of styles!"

Eleanor Balson (WZRD, Chicago) (STRAWBERRY: concert review)
"Strawberry was sickenating and extravagantly ecstasy-causing, but also... delicate, delectable and beautiful."

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